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Madeline Locus, an Emory graduate student in mathematics, competed in the Olympic trials in 2012 and 2016.
"I love pushing myself to my limits at every practice because I feel like I’m becoming a better athlete and a better person every day," she says. Young athletes who specialize in highly competitive sports need to also schedule time for rest and restoration, say sports medicine physicians.